Can we just drop all the pretense?

I had the misfortune of going to a wedding this weekend. And I have just one question. (Well two if you count my pondering how all the women with breasts the size of cantalopes managed to keep them from escaping out the tops of their outfits.) But seriously, why do people feel the need to posture for others? Do you think that if a couple of people ooo and ahh over your Vera Wang that makes you special? Here's a secret, behind your back, they were saying that you're fat. Why let others dictate your self worth? Am I the only one who paid attention to that Sunday School poster that said "I know I'm special 'cause God don't make no junk." Bad grammar aside, self worth comes from within, not "without".